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Karin van Pinxteren: “It was important for AKV|St.Joost that the animations were an integral part of the project, not just an easy opportunity to generate animations. It was considered of great value that the animations of the students and the sculptures designed and made by Studio Anthony Kleinepier & Studio TTTVO were equally important. Another decisive fact was the set date for the presentation during de Breda Culture Night. The responses to the final presentation were enthusiastic, especially because of the ‘unexpected setting’ and the feeling of ‘total surprise’.”
This project was a collaboration between the Master of Animation of AKV|St.Joost and the House of Visual Culture in Breda. The city of Breda was initiated commissions to represent cultural heritage in a contemporary form.
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POPUP@CHASSÉ
Curator and project manager Karin van Pinxteren: “For the content I was looking more for anecdotes and stories then for actual historical facts. A written footprint can leave a stronger impression than excavated foundations, a shard or a part of a wall. The various stories that were available seemed more interesting to me as an inspiration for the animators and graphic designers to work with. When our imagination is activated, thoughts shoot off in every direction, which helps us have a freer and more pleasant relation to the commission. I wanted to stimulate a free approach.”
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POPUP@Chassé was an idiosyncratic presentation in which anecdotes and historical facts from the history of Chassépark in Breda were being told and shown in a contemporary way. During the Breda Culture Night of 25 January 2013, the pedestrian entrance of the Chassé car park was transformed into an “experience cinema”. Man-sized soft sculptures of vases and jars referred to special local archaeological finds. The animations, all with a different approach to local history, were projected in and around these sculptures.